Hi! I’m Sarah!
I’m a UX/UI Researcher and Designer with a background in front-end development.

UX Case Studies

Tech Fleet - Slave Free Trade

Type: Research + App Design + Testing
Role: Lead UX Researcher
Duration: 6 Months
Tools: Miro, Optimsort, Figma, Google Drive
Process: d.school Design Thinking
Outcome: Consumer Facing App Prototype

Hoppity

Type: App Design
Role: Solo Designer/ Researcher (Passion Project)
Duration: 6 Months
Tools: Illustrator, Invision,
Process: d.school Design Thinking
Outcome: Prototype

Trinity Care - UX Rescue

Type: Custom Website
Role: UX Designer + Researcher
Duration: 9 Months
Tools: Miro, Figma, Google Drive, Weebly
Process: d.school Design Thinking
Outcome: Website

Bifrost

Type: Literary Magazine Publication
Role: Editor-in Chief (Team of 6) (Student Project)
Duration: 10 months
Tools: Indesign, Google Drive
Process: d.school Design Thinking
Outcome: Published + Launch Party + Presentation

Saigo University

Type: Branding / Brochures
Role: Solo Designer (School project)
Duration: 4 weeks
Tools: Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop
Process: Design Thinking + Research
Outcome: Presentation

I Am Lit From Within

Type: Website redesign + Branding
Role: Solo Designer (Freelance)
Duration: 3 Months
Tools: Photoshop, Wix, Mailchimp
Process: Design Thinking
Outcome: Finished website

Coaching Actuaries

Type: Blog Development + Marketing Audits
Role: Developer/Researcher (Team of 5)
Duration: 6 Months
Tools: VSCode, Vue.js, HTML, CSS, Jira, Atlassian, etc.
Process: SCRUM, Agile
Outcome: Prototype + Presentation

Lutheran Memorial Church

Type: Wordpress Website + Branding
Role: Designer + Developer (Team of 5) (Freelance)
Duration: 5 Months
Tools: Illustrator, Indesign, Wordpress,
Process: Design Thinking
Outcome: New website + branding

Journal

Side Projects, Presentations

Presentation: The Magic of Collaboration

Side Projects, Presentations

Design

Redesign: Aaliyah CD Case

Design

She was well known before her death at 22 and came out with three full albums and played leading roles in two movies, Romeo Must Die, and Queen of the Damned. She also was casted for the Matrix movies. She also recorded a song, “Journey to the Past” for the popular animated movie, Anastasia.

Design

Side Projects

Freelance: Lucky Bamboo Menu Redesign

Side Projects

Lucky Bamboo Asian Cuisine has been serving delicious food to the greater Ankeny, IA area for years. In 2019, Lucky Bamboo was in the process of opening a location at the local community college and wanted an updated menu that better reflected their branding and was easier to read.

Side Projects

Side Projects, Presentations

The Way of Cards: Card Sorting 101

Side Projects, Presentations

Card Sorting is a helpful way to categorize information and figure out your users mental models. In this presentation, I’ll break down what card sorting is, why we use it, the different types of card sorting, and how to use it effectively.

Side Projects, Presentations

Tech and Development

My Master List For Learning Front End Development

Tech and Development

To learn front-end development, you start off with HTML, then CSS, and then Javascript. Once you've learned those, you can move on to other things like frameworks (Bootstrap, React, Angular, Vue, etc). Frameworks you can start learning once you've learned the basics of the three. Frameworks make lives easier.

Tech and Development